Straighten up maggots! Its time for LEGO MILITARY HOUR! Today we are featuring a Flak-88 built by one βricks-țo-ųse. The Flak-88 was a family of German anti-aircraft artillery guns used in the Second World War. This rendition is a near miss, with slight scale issues and minor inconsistent details. We are not quite sure what is going on with the cheese slopes on the support struts, and the technic pins for a barrel are not quite up to snuff.
As you can see, real Flak-88's had a smooth, tapered barrel, and not as much junk around the support struts (called a cruciform). It would be nice to see a few more crew members, as these were heavy guns that required multiple crewmen to operate.
Still, all things considered, a good attempt! They captured the essence of the Flak-88, and we could recognize it as such.
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ReplyDeleteay guise, just thought I'd let you know this is very based on eremms' FlaK on brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18511
ReplyDeleteAnd that other picture is a FlaK 128 mm, not an 88.
OH MAN, did Scotty try to act all knowledgeable but then didn't know what he was talking about?
ReplyDeleteWhat a loser!
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ReplyDeleteYou are correct Ruben, that the second image is not a flak 88. I grabbed the first image which came up on Google images, when I should have grabbed one from a more reliable source. However, it isn't really a 128 either. It is some poorly informed artists rendition of the "Flak 88", which more closely resembles a 128 in barrel structure.
Yup. The supports for the barrel just didn't seem right somehow.
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